100 clinical surgical vignettes Flashcards
Elderly woman, SBO, and air in biliary tree
gallstone ileus
elderly woman w/ pain down inner aspect of thigh
Obturator hernia
Howship-Romberg sign
- Abdominal pain
- Hypotension
- Pulsating abdominal mass
AAA rupture
Abdominal pain “out of proportion” to abdominal exam
Mesenteric ischemia
arm pain and syncope with arm movement
subclavian steal syndrome
increasing creatinine while on ACEI
Renal artery Stenosis
child with midline neck mass
thyroglossal duct cyst
child with lateral neck mass
branchial cleft cyst
crush injury and dark urine
myoglobinuria
- Vomiting
- Chest Pain radiating to back
- Mediastinal air
Boerhaave’s
Lower GIB + technetium pertechnetate scan
meckels diverticulum
- Flushing
- Diarrhea
- Right sided HF
Carcinoid
Pneumaturia and LLQ pain
colovesicular fistula
- Desmoid tumor
- Osteoma
- Colon cancer
Gardner’s syndrome
Epigastric pain radiating to back and flank ecchymosis
Hemorrhagic pancreatitis
pancreatitis and palpable epigastric mass
pancreatic pseudocyst
- RUQ pain
- Travel
- Exposure to sheep
Hydatid cyst
Caput medusa
portal HTN
45 year old woman with RUQ pain for 12 hours, fever, and leukocytosis
Acute cholecystitis
Elderly man with large contender palpable gallbladder
Pancreatic cancer (Courvoisier’s sign)
Female taking birth control. pills with liver mass
Hepatic adenoma
liver tumor with “central scar”
focal nodular hyperplasia
- Pancreatic mass
- Gallstones
- Diabetes
- Diarrhea
Somatostatinoma
RUQ bruit and CHF in young adult
liver hemangioma
excruciating pain with bowel movement
anal fissure
Liver abscess with “anchovy paste”
amebic abscess
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhea
- Anal fistulae
Crohn’s disease
EKG with Peaked T waves
Hyperkalemia
Buccal mucosa with pigmentation
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
- LLQ pain
- Fever
- Change in bowel habits
Diverticulitis
Elevated urine 5-HIAA
carcinoid
- Institutionalized
- Abdominal pain
- Vomiting
- Distention
- Proximal colonic dilation
Sigmoid volvulus
Newborn with failure to pass meconium in first 24 hours
Hirschsprung’s
infant with bilious vomiting
malrotation
infant with projectile vomiting
pyloric stenosis
newborn with abdominal defect and umbilical cord on sac
omphalocele
teenager with knee pain and “onion skinning” on X-ray
Ewing’s sarcoma
PCWP <16, CXR with bilateral pulmonary infiltrates, PaO2:FiO2 ratio < 300
ARDS
- Increased peak airway pressure
- Low UOP
- Urinary bladder >25 mmHg
Abdominal Compartment syndrome
Newborn with inability to “pass an NGT”
Esophageal atresia